Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Boston 4, Minnesota 3
MINNESOTA AB R H BI BOSTON AB R H BI LAWTON RF 3 1 2 0 D LEWIS LF 3 1 1 0 RESTOVICH RF 0 0 0 0 NEILL LF 1 0 0 0 T HUNTER CF 3 1 2 3 HATTEBERG C 4 0 3 0 KIELTY CF 1 0 0 0 DAUBACH 1B 4 1 1 2 J JONES LF 3 0 0 0 M RAMIREZ RF 1 0 0 0 C ALLEN LF 1 0 0 0 T NIXON CF 1 0 0 0 BUCHANAN DH 4 0 0 0 EVERETT CF 3 0 0 0 MIENTKIEWICZ 1B 3 0 0 0 ALCANTARA RF 0 0 0 0 CUDDYER 3B 1 0 0 0 VARITEK DH 3 0 0 0 BLAKE 1B 4 0 0 0 HILLENBRAND 3B 3 1 1 0 JE SMITH C 3 0 0 0 C GREBECK SS 3 0 0 0 ED DIAZ 2B 2 1 1 0 MERLONI 2B 3 1 1 2 MORIARTY SS 1 0 0 0 MAXWELL 2B 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 3 5 3 TOTALS 29 4 7 4 MINNESOTA 102 000 000-- 3 BOSTON 000 000 22x-- 4 DP--MINNESOTA 2. LOB--MINNESOTA 5, BOSTON 2. 2B--LAWTON, T HUNTER. HR--T HUNTER (OFF NOMO), DAUBACH (OFF ROMERO), MERLONI (OFF S RIVERA). IP H R ER BB SO HR MINNESOTA B RADKE 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 ROMERO 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 S RIVERA (L) 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 BOSTON NOMO 4 3 3 3 1 4 1 CRAWFORD 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 R GARCES 2-3 1 0 0 2 1 0 BECK (W) 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 D LOWE (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 HBP--T NIXON BY ROMERO. SO--MIN: LAWTON, T HUNTER, C ALLEN, BUCHANAN 2, MIENTKIEWICZ, BLAKE 3. BOS: NEILL, EVERETT, VARITEK 2. BB--MIN: RESTOVICH, JE SMITH, ED DIAZ. T--2:24. A--7,006.
Twins 1st: Torii Hunter hit a 3-1 fastball over the left-field wall for a solo homer.
Twins 3rd: Hunter doubled to center on a 0-1 pitch, driving home the Twins’ other two runs.
Red Sox 7th: Brian Daubach hit a two-run homer off J.C. Romero.
Red Sox 8th: Lou Merloni hit a two-run homer off Saul Rivera.
Manny Ramirez left the game in the third inning with a mild left hamstring pull and starting pitcher Hideo Nomo endured another rough outing in a 4-3 Grapefruit League win over the Minnesota Twins.
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